Pneumothorax on Lung POCUS

A young male presents with acute onset right sided chest pain and shortness of breath while walking. Which of the following is true about this clip?
Resolution: M-mode would show stratosphere sign here. In absence of lung pulse, stratosphere specific for ptx. Alines appear when air post to pleural line (nl lung, asthma, copd, ptx). Zlines when parietal & visceral pleura together. Movemt of intercostal mm does not r/o ptx.

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Meghan Kelly Herbst, MD @eusmkh · 4 years ago
UCONN Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine. Ultrasound Fellowship Yale 2011. Family, patients, education, running = my life. https://twitter.com/EUSmkh | https://www.instagram.com/eus_mkh/
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